The Straits Times, 8 August 1874

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    16 1 The straits Times VOL. XXX PUBLISHED EVEBY SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 1874. SATURDAY EVENING JJO. 1,1)91
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  • Domestic Occurrences
    • Obituary
      DEATHS.
      19 1 |t N'etherwo »1 Street. M LT-rio. daughter i ,1 two days on w«da«edaj bard Pryor, of Lower- wall.
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    SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 1874.
    51 1 SATURDAY, A UGUST 8, 1874. IRKBT QUOTATIONS. .AI'OKE, Al'tfUM HTH, 1874. 5.174Pepper I Sarawak 3.1.V aonunnL Si. -.H'j. 1 M. l.i-v l.lTi. d LoTJ. I >pion at MO. i Lorao*. months si''h 110. $U paid .SHI 0. dW. paid par. > paid. 575. paid, MO. whip Co. Ld. lOo.opreiu n.
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    FROTNIGHT'S SUMMARY.
    746 1 FROTNIGHT'S S UMMARY. Excellency the Govern* retu'-n- igapore ou the 14th instant, living called at the Paogf Klang, ami bangkat on his way I \.r\ tiling was quiet places. On.' of the turbulent the lit.- tUaog disturbances learn, got into the neighbourSunghie Ujoog and was endca*""nn^ otituiti a few followers,
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    THE NATIVE STATES.
    575 1 As will be seen by a paragraph given elsewhere, we had heard that H. E. Sir Andrew and Lady Clarke might be looked for here to-morrow. Later information, however, received this morning, renders it possible their return may be delayed, i:i consequence of the action of one
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    NEEDED IMPROVEMENTS.
    698 1 N EEDED IMPROVEM ENTS. Admirably as our town streets arc constructed so far as the hardness and durability of the roadways themselves is concerned, it is yet evident that they were never laid out with a view to the immense traffic they would have to bear, and the cvnseijueuee is
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    ITEMS FROM THE JAVA PAPERS
    1147 1 [Tt**tl*te4f*t tlf SI raits Times.) Tut of the !>th ultimo contains I the following particulars of peace nej gociations set on foot by certain Achinese In admen A correspondent writes to us from Pinang that tbe <• •uiuiander of a BSSSter who was carrying oil
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    ITEMS FBOM THE MANILA PAPERS.
    881 1 ITEMS FBOM THE MANILA PAPERS. (TmuUUd J'«r I h<- Slra',l* Tn,irn.) A correspondent from Isla de NegfOß, whose letter appears ill the Oniiercio of the loth ultimo, .jives the following particulars of the ravages of locusts there The cane crop in this island cannot be more promising than it is,
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    PARIS LETTER.
    2670 1 Paris, .Jilt 4. The latest shullle of the Hoyalists, is to make Macinahon practically Mil'tary Dictator tor scveu years, since he is not inclined to abdicate in favor of anyl)odv In-fore the legal duration of his office. < M course any plan with drowning men. thai holds out
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    Reuter's Telergrams.
    42 2 London, \th August. Canterbury's Bill has been pMMiL Peiizancc has aoeept'il a judgeship. During fliscu-siou to-day in the boon Disraeli and Gladstone both said that although tranquiltty prevails at prc-ent in Europe, intlueue.-s exist indicating- gTCU<t troubles sooner or Liter.
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  • Correspondence.
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      FORT CANNING FLAG-STAFF.
      491 2 To tltr Editor of thr Daily Tiiiu-s. Sik: -I observe a good deal of nonsense has appeared in your paper during the last few days with regard to the noble growth of timber which suirounds Fort DsJUUnf; your correspondents going so far as to recommend even so
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      HADJI ARSHAD'S CASE.
      445 2 To the Editor of the Daily Timin. Sik: -1 cannot help thinking that in the chorus of approval with which you yourself, and according to your iasw ot Saturday, your contemporaries in Pinang and Hongkong, nave greeted Chief Justice Sidgreavea' judgment in the case of Hadji Mahomed
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      A MAN-EATING TIGER.
      169 2 Ik the Editor of the Daily Time*. Six, A well authentitated case of a Bugis man having been killed by a tiger on I'ulo Obin so recently as yesterday, having lx-cn luuortad, calls for the immediate action either on the part of Government or that of sportsmen,
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      THE PENANG SUPREME COURT.
      251 2 To the Editor of the Daily ImmC Sir, Our Local Government cannot do anything right. Permit me to poiut out a lew errors of judgment. After years of delil>eration the Supreme Court Ordinance, 157;5, was passed on tlie 7th July last year. More than one year
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    THE "SIAM DIAMONDS'
    1402 2 {To the Editor of the Daily Timm. Sik. --So long M Governor Ord was in a ]>ositioii and showed a disposition tn ride rough shod over every body, I believe that the men ot no NBM ha. l a perfect right to discuss him and hold up
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    MALACCA.
    723 2 (From an our occasional (Jorretpoitdnit.) Malacca, U'JTif July. There have been a few changes, in the Police Force here. Inspector Warne proseeded to Penang, )>er steamer Pluto, on special duty, and Sergeant Kiernan arrived from Singapore by the same steamer, to be stationed here. Petty robberies have been of
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    Malacca, 1ST AUGUST.
    446 2 An inquest was bald vesterda\, ufl Ms Coroner, (E. Hayward B«q B the body of the European soldier n.fl Harris, belonging to H. M'< 1 I Regiment, who die I in Hospital on \fl nes. lay. A verdict wsj H turned in afl dance with the facts
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    News of the week.
    2814 2 MONDAY 1." Al (il ST I Tiik British iteacn i I ('apt. Poole, from (i JM 1 linh them, that tbe know that the Colonial Office With leeai a f Bfaaaat f Car- ii wax stated ■SM which he I he did d that lamny I
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    THEACHEEN WAR.
    1447 3 i Aforn im§ Jfott. 1 A tolcgruui which we yesterday published from the Hague shows that the Fir»t Chamber is not willing at this momeui to li.-ii.-s the question of the Aeheen war. At the same time the Government were in j possession ...f the news of fresh
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    118 3 Hulhuniij* Pitt*.— Weary of Life.—Derangement of the liver i« one the most formidable causes of dangerous diseases, and the most prolific source of those melancholy forebodings which are worse than death itself. A few doses of these noted Pills act magically iv dispelling low spirits aud repelling the covert attacks
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  • SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
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      Arribals.
      418 4 Saturday, Ist August. U. M. steamer Neva, 67G tons, Ravin commander, Batavia 30th 4nij, consignees Messageries Maritimes. M. M. steamer Anadyr, 3,600 tons. Rigodit commander, Mar- »ml!«.* 3th July, consignees Messageries Maritimes. British steamer Eastern Isles, 407 tons, Poole commander, Gi&agow Ist June, consignees Maclaine, Fraser Si. Go. German
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      Departures.
      197 4 Suuday, 2nd August. Srarawak steamer Royalist, Kirk, for Sarawak. Spanish steamer Mariveles, Zabala, for Manila. Siamese steamer Bangkok, Belbin. for Bangkok. Monday, 3rd August. M. M. steamer Anadyr. Rigodit, for Saigon and Hongkong. British steamer BenUn, Moppett, for Ohenbon. Tuesday, 4th August. Britibh steamer Ruby, Kenk, for Sourabava. British
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      SHIPPING IN THE HARBOUR.
      607 4 Ship's Nambs. CAPTAINB. Ki.\.; and Rig Tons, of ak- Whkkk From, ('onsicineks or Aobnth. RIVAL. Destination. MEN-OF-WAR Hart Royse Charybdis Smith Vitt^r Pisani de Negri STEAMERS Surprise Hansen 1 Pilot Fish Creightou Bertha Hazlem i Peuang J.voore Barker Martaban Bnxton 4 Weazel Ardj<>eno (•:>. w Phya
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      VESSELS IN DOCK OR LYING AT WHARVES
      27 4 1 Tanjong Pagar Wharf. 4 Borneo Company's Wharf 8 Government Wharf 5 Patent Slip anrl Dock Company 9 At Jobor«
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    3 5 an .i"»g on.
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    11 5 -li -'eann s apt. n II ugkong 2o"tli July, Pagar barf
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    10 5 i; stauner Pmkmmm, < Bangkok lUU July, aav B iftajrdaj sfter-
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    17 5 M. '.ipt. Batavia 30th .lvi Bon wharf on D, ami will have on li tavia aily to-
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    40 5 it ntaxa arSatorday, from West March, in aharga of that win n II c she elil liun i< ane, in which she kg, sod the captain, Smith, nd lo>t. The nri tefegtmphed home froaj the arrival ..f the ship at
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    34 5 Messagei ea Maritimea ateiroer .('a|t Higodit, from ManeiUsi tii the French mail and to the oid idcii-., ar- the li"i wharf at I v »y eveaiag, and left I i gkoag, and Shanghai -m
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    30 5 srard Kreneh smail steaeaer Capt.de Huth r, tiom ShangII ingkong ~-")tb, and Saigon ,\K'd at the H iraeo Coaai barf this FocaM v, and will ili.ie and Marseilles at aooo
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    121 5 .it His Excellency the li Penang in the Plmie last .iinl alter calling at I\;lo A si the mouth of the n Friday morning, the ;;t the town of Kfawg 0B tl nist., win-re every- „1 to be going on eeaa- and the tin iniiies were in full pr, tl
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    106 5 K \1 \n il between 7 otii ii-commusioned offioen of the I! patent) and an equal number v gapore Volonteer Corps, t<M>k rifle range oa the ~'-'th nltilitioos being tOO and 100 U mnds at each distance; five were, however, iredatthe ge, owklg to want of light. A return match
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    189 5 The following H translate.! from the Batavia Dag&Ud <>t ~~ml Juh 1874 I Ibrahim at Penang aud Abdul in at Mngapore, under whose orders inn c. .iiiineiiced the war and ti is opposition, have, in conjuuePanguma Polim, applied to the nmenl .mi i.nVred to treat about <i in ent having
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    30 5 Tl I>I»AY, iui ALti l ST. I'hk Italian war steamer fiiUfPimmi 1 in tin roadi this m. -ruing, •""I -.luted the British tlag, the safete being returned from Fort Cann.ng.
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    25 5 THiUtOof, tapt ll t,f 1 on 1 11,, n kull stllin! t arrived at Fsajoog |> a g ar wharf this n I I with teas.
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    22 5 Ink British steaaser (Tatty I apt. Btfrgoyne, from London I'm,' "<ie, via Sues*Ganal t arrived at t1... ifcTiu-o Company's wliaif this morning
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    24 5 Hi- Km-, llen.-y Sir Andrew and La.lv I larke returned h) Singapore to-day the o|., m al steamer Pluh, landing at Tanjoag Pagac wharf.
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    30 5 1 Bl Ocean Company's steamer .f/uj; apt. KnhljVon. Hongkong (Bth inst amved at Tanjong feW, wiiai r tllis Bsoraing, and will leave for Penang and I- mdoi at daylight to-morrow.
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    311 5 I"I letter ..f Mr. RdMr, published i in one issue of Saturday dm vn public attention to a sounv ofeeriooa inconvenience to many of the hill residents, and we are assured that, though eoaa. injf forward merely ,>n i,j s „W ll reapoa> -il'ility, he gives voice to the complaint
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    463 5 A.\ important case has been tried before the .Marine Court of Inquiry at Shanghai, in which Captain ItOßt-o-.'iiu ry, master of the steamer .Irnifooit Aji'iir, brought up his elltef and >eoond dflireis for having taken over charge of the vessel froen him fora time after leaving Swatow, lliev, however, restoring
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    THURSDAY, 6TH AUGUST.
    23 5 I'm Ocean Company's steamer lor, Capt. Bewley, from Liverpool, left Pinang yeeterdaj afternoon, and may be expected here to-morrow morning.
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    19 5 Tiik British steamer Jim Yong Seng, ('apt. Craik, from Bangkok :Jlst ult., anchored iv the roads on Tuesday afternoon.
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    96 5 W i have received several further letters regarding the trees on Fort Canning Hill, but as they all advance the same argument, we refrain from publishing them. There can, however, be BO doubt that, as BO one would think of placing a tlugstatl among trees, it is quite as much
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    155 5 Tiik (ilei/ji/iliix, a new steamer of the (jlen line, which arrived here yesterday morning, has' male the quickest passage yet recorded of any of the Suez Canal steamers, having been only -"M days 8 hours from the West India Dock, London, to the wharf in Singapore. The following is the
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    177 5 A HI) U in;iti-li between the Naval Eleven ipd the Sin<ja|>ore Crieket Club was j>lay«il yesterday tftemooa at the (.rieket ground on the Ksplanude, in which the S. C. C. were ii-jain victorious, winning by ~7 runs, with the I >s:- ,if only -"5 wickets. The score was as follows
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    228 5 Lust Saturday's Government Gazelle which only reached us this morning, contains the Report of tue Postmaster General on the Postal service and revenue for 1b73, which we shall reproduce to-morrow and also, a FiroSupply Bill for 1873/' proposing to apply a further sum of §21i,56.41 to the public service for
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    180 5 Wl extract, to-day, an able and carefully written article from the London Morning Post on the position of affairs in Ac-been, which will be peruind with interest by our readers. The suggestion that this Government should Imvouc the mediator to effect a reconciliation between the Dutch and the Achinese, is
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    FRIDAY, 7th AUGUST.
    42 5 Tin; homeward P. steamer Mulinu, Capt. Tomlin, from Hongkong Ist inst., arrived at the 11.I 1 He wharf at IU o'clock this morning, and will leave for Piiiiiiig, (jalle, and Southampton via Suez Canal, at 2 i\ M. tomorrow.
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    49 5 The P. O. steamer JCn^pon, Capt. Parish, from Bombay 26th, Galle 31st July, and Penang sth inst., bringing on the English mail of the 1 <>t li July, arrived at the P. O. wharf at 8 o'clock this morning, and will leave for Hongkong at 6 a. m. to-morrow.
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    35 5 The Ocean Company's steamer //<-<•- -lor, Capt. Bewley, from Liverpool 27 th June, via Suez Canal and Penang sth inst., arrived at Tanjong Pagar wharf this morning, and will leave on Sunday for Hongkong and Shanghai.
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    SATURDAY, 8TH AUGUST.
    32 5 A native pilot, arrived this morning, reports the ship Morning Star off Mintok, 'JJ) days from Cardiff' for Hongkong, all well and wished to be reported. No date given.
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    40 5 The British ship Hubert Ken; Capt. Allen, from Liverpool 3rd May, arrived yesterday afternoon, after a very good passage of ninety-six days, eleven of which have been consumed since reaching Banka Straits, she having been only 85 days to Banka.
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    18 5 The criminal session of the Supreme Court closed yesterday afternoon, after a sitting extending over nearly four weeks.
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    83 5 We deals] it our duty to put on record to-day in estensu from the Times, Lord Stanley of Alderley's speech in the House Of Lords on the 1 Gtli June, urging an inquiry into Sir Harry Ord's administration of the affairs of these Settlements, with the replies made by the
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    107 5 The man-eating tiger on Pulo Obin has, we learn, already killed a second victim. Our correspondent Polygroove yesterday called attention to the fact that a liugis had been killed, his body having been discovered on Thursday. Yesterday afternoon, the mutilated body of a Malay from Serangoon, was also found on
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    126 5 We regret to hear of a serious and unprovoked outrage said to have been committed by British tars at Tanjong I'agar last night, upon the person of an unoffending Chinese servant. The China boy had been sent by his master to leave a passenger on board the Dutch steamer far
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    142 5 The following paaseugers prooeed l>\ r the P. steamer Mmlmm, to-day For Suez. From Hongkong Mr. M. Reeves. For Vmtict, i'r.mi Shanghai Air. J. M. RjagMr. From Hongkong: H. K. Capt. Garcia y Garcia, Peruvian Minister, Lt. Octavio Frere, and 1 European servant, Mr. J. Molkr. Fur Suttthamjftou. Prom Yokohama
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    1657 5 THE POSTMASTE R-GENERAL'S KKI'ORT. Glnkkal Post Office, Bmmof DUtt Jun>\ 1x74. Sir, i Lave the honor to submit for the information of His Excellency the Governor, my second report upou the Pootal Department of the htraits fceltlements. In doing so it is Ratifying to be able to invite attention
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    THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS
    736 5 Lord Stanley of Alderley, on rising to put a question to the Secretary for the Colonies on the subject of these Settlements, said the object of the motion he before made respecting t lie Mai lVniusnla was to point out the risk of this country being insensibly
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